Mark 5:1-8 ▼

1 And they came to the opposite side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.

2 And when he had come out of the ship, immediately there met him from the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

3 who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one could keep him bound even with chains;

4 because he had often been bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been pulled to pieces by him, and the fetters had been broken, and no one had strength to subdue him;

5 and always, night and day, he was in the tombs, and in the mountains, crying out, and cutting himself with stones.

6 And when he saw Jesus at a distance, he ran and did him homage;

7 and crying out with a loud voice, he said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

8 For he had said to him: Unclean spirit, come out of the man.